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Competition Rules

All non-English speaking films must be presented in their original version with English subtitles.
Short Film Entries should not exceed 50 minutes.
Feature films are considered over 50 minutes.
Films must have been completed in the past 36 months.
Entry fees are not refundable. 
Films selected for annual women's lens screening at the Fine Arts theatre cannot be withdrawn.

Seasonal nominees are not publicly announced due to premiere status unless the producer of the project requests and allows the announcement. 

LA premiere is required for our annual screening at the Fine Arts Theatre. 

Best Narrative Feature

Last Tour Home

Director: Baylee Toney

Best Narrative Short

Bark

Director: Michele Evouna

Best Female Director

Agiter

Director: Amanda Moresco

Best Actress

Ann March

I See You

Best Producer

Joanna MORITZ, Antoine Paul Blanche

ELLE EST RADIEUSE

 

Best Composer

Eve Buigues

College In Prison: Life With the Possibility Of Transformation

 

Best Unproduced Script

BullsEye

Vicki Liviakis

Best Documentary Feature

Wof Zerash Coffee

Director: Sylwia Pecio

Best Documentary Short

I take refuge

Directo: Priyanka Suryaneni

 Best Director

UNFEELING

Director: Ozlem Cingirlar

 Best Animation

Collateral Damage

Director: Kynthia Piakis, Faith Teo

 

Best Experimental

Let Me Leave

Director: Alexia Haick

 Best Student Film

Nerot Shel Shabbat

Director: Lital Mizrahi

Best L.A. Filmmaker

Palmdale

Director: Lauren Moreno

Best Science Fiction

Berlin Loop

Director: Emily Manthei

Best Music Video

Overtime

Chelsea Thedinga

Best Series-Web-Pilot

SWIPE

Director: Kaleigh Fitzgerald

Best LGBTQ

The Sibling Rule

Director: Mari SanGiovanni

Best Comedy

BFFR

Director: Erika Apelgren

Best Thriller

PEOPLE

Director: Laura Anastasia Jones

Best Human Rights

Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside

Director: Rose Marie Perez

Best Youth Artist

TORN

Bethan Williams

Best Environmental

Tambopata

Director: Adele Davis, Ceci Davis

Best First-Time Filmm

Butterfly Wings

Director: Carin Smolinski

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